HRPM – Chapter 288 The Queen Arrives (1)

“Yu’er, what happened here?”

The Empress’s voice suddenly floated over from behind him.

Xiao Yu immediately felt that things were going badly. Seeing this scene, who knew what his mother would think? Would she become dissatisfied with Jin Luoluo because of it?

To be honest, although he didn’t want Jin Luoluo to marry his third brother, neither did he want the Empress to dislike her.

However, Jin Luoluo’s actions were simply too shocking. Who had ever seen an untitled young woman daring to chase after an imperial consort and beat her? If he hadn’t already understood what kind of person she was, his eyes would have popped out of their sockets as well.

He wondered whether his mother’s heart was strong enough to accept Luoluo’s utterly unbelievable behavior.

Turning around, Xiao Yu forced a smile and desperately tried to cover for Jin Luoluo.

“Luoluo and Consort Hui are playing hide-and-seek, haha. The weather is nice today. Exercise is good for one’s health, and running a few laps around the garden isn’t such a bad idea~~”

Xiao Yu felt that Jin Luoluo’s influence had rubbed off on him—his own words were becoming increasingly absurd.

Several women stood behind the Empress, all of them wives of high-ranking officials and noble families.

Among them was Yang Ruoyao.

Her gaze swept toward the three women causing chaos throughout the courtyard. When she saw Jin Luoluo wielding the gold token and relentlessly smacking Consort Hui with it, the corners of her lips unconsciously curled upward.

Creating trouble as soon as she entered the palace and not even placing an imperial consort in her eyes—such outrageous behavior. Surely the Empress would be furious.

The Empress had also noticed the uproar in the garden. Indeed, her expression had darkened somewhat. Her dignified features tightened, and her eyes revealed unmistakable disapproval.

“This is utterly ridiculous. What kind of behavior is this? What do they take the imperial palace for?”

“Mother, please calm your anger. It was merely a misunderstanding between them,” Xiao Yu said anxiously.

Could it be that Luoluo had finally crossed his mother’s bottom line?

The Empress usually treated others with kindness and rarely became angry. But once she truly lost her temper, she meant business.

Meanwhile, Yang Ruoyao was inwardly delighted.

Jin Luoluo could offend anyone and feared no one, but before the Empress, even the boldest person would be useless. The Empress’s methods were not to be underestimated. Once someone crossed her, no one could walk away unscathed.

This time, Jin Luoluo was surely finished.

At the Moonlit Beauty Competition, Jin Luoluo had snatched the top prize right out of Yang Ruoyao’s hands. Xiao Che had even become jealous because of Jin Luoluo’s dance performance.

At the time, Yang Ruoyao had been driven nearly mad with rage. She had deliberately instructed people to spread the rumor that Jin Luoluo was the courtesan queen of Meixiang Pavilion. Since Jin Luoluo loved seducing men so much, then she might as well be ruined by them.